The role of Hindi captives in the cultural and artistic developments of Nader Shah's era

Iranian and Indian governments have paid a great attention to the cultural exchanges since the ancient times. Most of the studies so far, have focused more on the influence of Iranians on Indians’ culture, civilization and architecture and have emphasized less on the impact of India on the Iranian culture and civilization. Nader shah Afshar gained a huge amount of trophies after his invasion to India and capturing Delhi, in addition, he brought about 40 thousands of captives and among them there were a lot of professionals and experienced artists, sculptors and carpenters. Thus, in this paper it has been attempted to consider the role of Indian captives in cultural improvements on Nader shah’s era. In conclusion about the role and impact of Indians on the Iranian culture and civilization in the time of Nader shah, it can be said that, these captives played a significant role in improving the architecture, fulfilling some huge projects and promoting handicrafts, such as jewellery and some art subsets like singing, dancing and also some scientific domains such as medical sciences. The research method is analytic-descriptive and it has been conducted based on the historical research methods, according to the objective observations and fieldwork, particularly about the development of Naderi Kalat, which is located in the north of Khorasan